See also:

• APSE
• APSE (Gr. alkir, a fastening, especially the felloe of a wheel; Lat. absis)

APSE (Gr. alkir, a fastening, especially the See also:

• FELLOE

felloe of a See also:

• WHEEL (0. Eng. hweol, hweohl, &c., cognate with Icel. hjol, Dan. hiul, the Indo-European root is seen in Sanskrit chakra, Gr. r in Aos, circle, whence " cycle ")
• WHEEL, BREAKING ON THE

wheel; See also:

• LAT

Lat. absis)  , in See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, a semicircular See also:

• RECESS (Lat. recessus, a going back, withdrawal, from recedere, to withdraw)

recess covered with a hemispherical vault . The See also:

• TERM

term is applied also to the termination to the See also:

• CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir, See also:

• TRANSEPT (from Lat. trans, across, and septum, enclosure; synonymous terms in other languages are Fr. croisee, nef transversee; Ital. crociata; Ger. Querbau, Quersch&)

transept or See also:

• AISLE (from Lat. ala, a wing)

aisle of any See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church which is either semicircular or polygonal in See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan, whether vaulted or covered with a See also:

• TIMBER

timber roof; a church is said to be "apsidal" when it terminates in an See also:

• APSE
• APSE (Gr. alkir, a fastening, especially the felloe of a wheel; Lat. absis)

apse . The earliest example of an apse is found in the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of See also:

• MARS
• MARS (MAYORS, MARMAR, MARSPITER GA MASPITER)
• MARS, MLLE [ANNE FRANCOISE HYPPOLYTE BOUTET] (1779-1847)

Mars Ultor at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome (2 B.C.), and it formed afterwards the favourite feature terminating the See also:

• REAR

rear of any temple, and one which gave importance to the statue of the deity to whom the temple was dedicated . Its use by the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans was not confined to the temples, as it is found in the palaces on the See also:

• PALATINE (from Lat. palatium, a palace,)

Palatine See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill, the See also:

• GREAT

great Thermae (See also:

• BATHS

Baths) and other monuments . In the See also:

• CIVIL

civil basilicas the apse was screened off by columns, and constituted the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice . In the See also:

• ULPIAN (DoMrrIus ULPIANUS)

Ulpian (See also:

• TRAJAN [MARCUS ULPIUS TRAJANUS] (A. D. 53-117)

Trajan's) See also:

• BASILICA

Basilica the apses at each end were of such great dimensions as to come better under the See also:

• DEFINITION (Lat. definitio, from de-finire, to set limits to, describe)

definition of hemicycles (q.v.) . In these apses the See also:

• FLOOR (from O. Eng. flor, a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vloer, and Ger. Flur, a field, in the feminine, and a floor, masculine)

floor was raised, and had an See also:

• ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar placed in the centre of its chord, where sacrifices were made See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

prior to the sittings . The only other two See also:

• ROMAN

Roman basilicas in which the semicircular apse can still be traced are that commenced by See also:

• MAXENTIUS, MARCUS AURELIUS VALERIUS

Maxentius and completed by See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine at Rome and the basilica at See also:

• TRIER (French Troves)

Trier (Treves) . In the earliest See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian basilica, St See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter's at Rome, built 330 A.D., the apse, 57 ft. in See also:

• DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter, raised above the confessio or See also:

• CRYPT (Lat. crypta, from the Gr. Kp&arrew, to hide)

crypt, was placed at the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west end of the church . This See also:

• ORIENTATION

orientation was originally followed in the churches of St See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul and St See also:

• LAWRENCE
• LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
• LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
• LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
• LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
• LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
• LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
• LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
• LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)

Lawrence (S . Lorenzo fuori le Mura), both outside the walls of Rome, and is found in most of the churches at Rome . On the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, in the See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine church, the apse was built at the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east end of the church .

During the reign of See also:

• JUSTIN (JUNIANUS JUSTINUS)

Justin the Second (A.D . 565-574), owing to a See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change in the See also:

• LITURGY (Low Lat. liturgia; Gr. X€Zros, public, and Epyov, work; )Aetrovpy6s, a public servant)

liturgy, two more apses were added, one on each See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the central apse . These in the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek Church were provided not to hold altars but for ceremonial purposes . One of the earliest examples is found in the church of St See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas at See also:

• MYRA (mod. Dembre)

Myra of the 6th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and the basilica erected in the great court of the temple at See also:

• BAALBEK
• BAALBEK (anc. Heliopolis)

Baalbek shows the triple apse . The earliest example in Rome is found in the church of Sta Maria in Cosmedin (772-795), built probably by Greek craftsmen, who had been exiled by the See also:

• ICONOCLASTS

Iconoclasts . Other triapsal choirs are found in the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral of See also:

• PARENZO

Parenzo (542 A.D.), in St See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

Mark's, See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice, in Sta Fosca and the Duomo at See also:

• TORCELLO

Torcello, and in numerous examples throughout See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy and See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany . In central See also:

• SYRIA

Syria there is one example only, at See also:

• KALAT

Kalat Seman, where the side apses were a later addition . There is one important distinction to be See also:

• DRAWN

drawn between the Byzantine and the Latin apses; they are both semicircular internally, but externally the former are nearly always polygonal . It follows, therefore, that in those churches in Italy where the apse is polygonal externally, it is a sign of See also:

• DIRECT

direct Byzantine See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence . This is found in St Mark's, Venice; Sta Fosca, Torcello; See also:

• MURANO (anc. Ammariuno)

Murano; nearly all the churches at See also:

• RAVENNA
• RAVENNA, EXARCHATE OF

Ravenna; and in the Crusaders' churches throughout Syria . In the Coptic church in See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt we find other characteristics; in the churches of the Red and See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

White Monasteries, attributed to St See also:

• HELENA
• HELENA, ST (c. 247-c. 327)

Helena, an unusual See also:

• DEPTH

depth is given to the apse, in the walls of which niches are sunk; in the church of St See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John at Antinoe there are no fewer than seven . Similar niches are found in the apses of St Mark's, \r Venice, built in A.D .

828, ""'- it is said in See also:

• IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation of Apse of the White Monastery . St Mark's in See also:

• ALEXANDRIA
• ALEXANDRIA (Arab. Iskenderia)

Alexandria, to receive the See also:

• RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)

relics of St Mark brought over from there . In a large number of the apses in the Coptic churches the seats See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the apse with the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop's See also:

• THRONE

throne in the centre are still preserved; of these the' best examples are at See also:

• ABU

Abu Sargah, Al `See also:

• ADRA (anc. Abdera)

Adra and Abu-s-Sifain . Unfortunately there are no remains of the fittings in the tribunes of the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Roman basilicas, but those in St Peter's at Rome, which were probably copied from them, are recorded in drawings, there being two or three rows of See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone seats with the papal throne in the centre . It is possible also that some may still exist in the other See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early Christian basilicas at Rome, but there have been so many changes that it is not possible to trace them . In the cathedral of Parenzo in See also:

• ISTRIA (Ger. Istrien)

Istria (A.D . 532-535), the See also:

• HEMICYCLE (Gr. iift-, half, and avahos, circle)

hemicycle of See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble seats for the See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy with the episcopal See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair in the centre still exists . A similar arrangement is found in the apse of the church of the 6th century attached to the church of St Helena in the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

• PAROS, or PARO

Paros, where there are eight steep grades of semicircular stone seats with the bishop's chair in the centre . The aspect of the interior of this apse has in consequence very much the See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of a Roman See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre . A third example, better known, exists at Torcello, with six concentric seats rising one above the other, and in the centre the episcopal chair with a See also:

• FLIGHT

flight of thirteen steps down in front of it . In the basilica at See also:

• BETHLEHEM
• BETHLEHEM (Heb. " House of Bread," or, according to a more questionable etymology, " of [the god] Lakhmu ")

Bethlehem, the east end of which was reconstructed probably in the 5th century, apses of similar dimensions to the eastern apse were built at the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south end of the transept . The same disposition is found in the Coptic churches of the Red and White Monasteries just referred to, in the church of St See also:

• ELIAS, JOHN (1774-1841)

Elias at See also:

• SALONICA, SALONIKA

Salonica (c .

1012), the cathedral of See also:

• ECHMIADZIN, or ITSMIADSIN

Echmiadzin in See also:

• ARMENIA (old Persian Armina, Armenian Hayasdan, or Hayq)

Armenia, at Vatopedi, Mt . See also:

• ATHOS (Gr. "Aytov "Opos; Turk. Aineros; Ital. Monte Santo)

Athos, and some other Byzantine churches . An early example in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France exists in the church of Germigny-See also:

• DES

des-Pres on the See also:

• LOIRE

Loire (8o6; rebuilt 1868), where the three apses are horseshoe on plan, and the same is found in the church at Oberzell in the island of See also:

• REICHENAU

Reichenau, See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake of See also:

• CONSTANCE
• CONSTANCE (Ger. Konstanz or Costnitz)
• CONSTANCE, COUNCIL OF
• CONSTANCE, LAKE OF (called by the Romans Lacus Brigantinus or lake of Bregenz, and now usually named in German Bodensee, as well as the " Swabian Sea ")

Constance, except that the eastern apse there is square . Small examples also are found at Querqueville and at St Wandrille near Caudebec, both in See also:

• NORMANDY

Normandy, but the finest development takes See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the church of St Maria See also:

• IM(K2+a2+h2—2 ah cos 0)

im Capitol at See also:

• COLOGNE (Ger. Koln, or officially, since 1900, Coln)

Cologne, where the aisles are carried round both the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern and See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern apses . The same feature exists in the cathedral of See also:

• TOURNAI (Flemish Doornik)

Tournai in See also:

• BELGIUM
• BELGIUM (Fr. Belgique; Flem. Belgic)

Belgium and the churches at See also:

• CAMBRAI

Cambrai, See also:

• SOISSONS

Soissons and See also:

• VALENCIENNES

Valenciennes (the last destroyed at the Revolution) in France, and also in the cathedrals of See also:

• COMO (anc. Comum)
• COMO, LAKE OF (the Lacus Larius of the Romans, and so sometimes called LARIO to the present day, though in the 4th century it is already termed Lacus Comacinus)

Como and of See also:

• PISA
• PISA, COUNCIL OF (1409)

Pisa in Italy . Without aisles, there are examples in the churches of the Apostles and of St See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin at Cologne; St See also:

• QUIRINUS

Quirinus at See also:

• NEUSS

Neuss; at See also:

• ROERMOND

Roermond; St See also:

• CROSS

Cross, See also:

• BRESLAU (Polish Wraclaw)

Breslau; the cathedral of See also:

• BONN

Bonn; and, at a later date; in tl.e Marienkirche at Trier; S . See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth at See also:

• MARBURG
• MARBURG, COLLOQUY OF (Marburger Religionsgesprach)

Marburg; the church of Sta Maria-del-Fiore at See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence; and the cathedral of See also:

• PARMA

Parma . In consequence of a change made in the orientation of apsesin the 6th or 7th century, others were subsequently added at the west end of existing churches, and this is considered to have been the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case at See also:

• CANTERBURY
• CANTERBURY, CHARLES

Canterbury; but in the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German churches sometimes apses were built from the first at both ends, such as are shown on the See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript plan of St See also:

• GALL (a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch gal, and Ger. Galle; the Indo-European root appears in Gr. xoXi,, and Lat. fel; possibly connected with " yellow," with reference to the colour of bile)
• GALL, FRANZ JOSEPH (1758-1828)

Gall, of the 9th century . Western apses exist at Gernrode; Driibeck; Huyseburg; the Obermunster of See also:

• REGENSBURG (RATISBON)

Regensburg; St Godehard in See also:

• HILDESHEIM

Hildesheim; the cathedrals of See also:

• WORMS

Worms and Trier; the See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey church of Laach; the See also:

• MINSTER
• MINSTER (from Lat. monasterium; cf. German Munster)

Minster at Bonn; and in St Pietro-in-See also:

• GRADO

Grado near Pisa . The triapsal churches, to which we have referred, are those in which the side apses See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the termination of the side aisles; but where there are transepts, the aisles are sometimes not continued beyond them, and the expansion of the transept to north and south gives more ample space for apses; of these there are many examples, as in the Abbey church of Laach in Germany; at See also:

• ROMSEY

Romsey; See also:

• CHRISTCHURCH

Christchurch, Hants; See also:

• GLOUCESTER
• GLOUCESTER (abbreviated as pronounced Glo'ster)
• GLOUCESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• GLOUCESTER, GILBERT DE CLARE, EARL OF (1243-1295)
• GLOUCESTER, RICHARD DE CLARE, EARL OF (1222-1262)
• GLOUCESTER, ROBERT, EARL OF (d. 1147)
• GLOUCESTER, THOMAS OF WOODSTOCK, DUKE

Gloucester, See also:

• ELY
• ELY, RICHARD THEODORE (1854— )

Ely, See also:

• NORWICH
• NORWICH, GEORGE GORING, EARL OF (1583?-1663)

Norwich and Canterbury cathedrals, in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England; and at St Georges de Boscherville in France; sometimes there being space for two apses on each side . In the beginning of the 13th century in France, the apses became radiating chapels outside the choir aisle, henceforth known as the See also:

• CHEVET

chevet . These radiating chapels would seem to have been suggested in Norwich and Canterbury cathedrals, but the feature is essentially a See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French one and in England is found only in See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster Abbey, into which it was introduced by See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry III., to whom the chevets of See also:

• AMIENS

Amiens, See also:

• BEAUVAIS

Beauvais and See also:

• REIMS
• REIMS (RHEIMS)

Reims were probably well known .

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